Mara (first name)
Mara is a feminine given name.
Origin and meaning
The name Mara occurs with different meanings in numerous languages.
- In Gaelic (Scotland), Mara means the sea.
- In Hebrew the name means "bitter". Mara is in the Bible, Ruth 1.20 EU , the name Naomi gives herself after returning with her daughter-in-law Ruth from Moab to negate the meaning “(God) is loveliness” of her original name.
- In Latvian , the name is derived from the earth mother goddess of the ancient pagan Latvians. In today's Latvian orthography, the name is written as Māra.
- In the Syrian-speaking world, Mara means woman.
- In Igbo , the name means "beautiful".
- In Maltese , the name means "woman".
- In Belarusian , mara means "dream".
Mara is also used as a shorthand and nickname for the following names: Maralda ( Russian ), Maria (especially Slavic), Marina , Tamara
name day
Name day is September 1st (the namesake is identical to Naomi , Ruth 1.20 EU ), ( December 29th as short for Tamara )
distribution
Until the 1990s, the name Mara was rare in Germany . Since then it has been given more often. Mara has been among the 50 most common girl names since 2016.
Famous namesake women
- Mara Abbott (* 1985), former American cyclist
- Mara Andeck (* 1967), German writer
- Mara Bergmann (* 1982), German journalist and presenter
- Mara Branković (1412–1487), Serbian princess
- Mara Carfagna (* 1975), Italian politician of the Popolo della Libertà
- Mara-Daria Cojocaru (* 1980), German poet and university professor for philosophy
- Mara Corday (* 1930), American photo model
- Mara Cruz (born 1941), Spanish actress
- Mara Eggert (* 1938), German photographer
- Mara Feldern-Förster (1866–1951), German actress and singer
- Edith Xio Mara García García (* 1977), Mexican paleobiologist and chess player
- Mara Genschel (* 1982), German writer
- Mara Hobel (* 1971), American actress
- Mara Hvistendahl , American science journalist
- Mara Jelica (* 1974), Croatian chess player
- Mara Kayser (* 1966), German singer of popular music
- Mara Laue (* 1958), German science fiction and crime writer
- Mara Mattuschka (* 1959), Austrian film director
- Mara Pfeiffer (* 1978), German author and journalist
- Mara Pringsheim (born Duvé, 1897–1965 or 1974), German singer and singing professor
- Mara Rosenbloom (* 1984), American jazz musician (piano, composition)
- Mara Santangelo (* 1981). former Italian tennis player
- Mara Scherzinger (* 1989), German actress
- Mara Selvini Palazzoli (1916–1999), Italian psychoanalyst
- Mara Švel-Gamiršek (1900–1975), Croatian writer
- Mara Wilson (* 1987), American actress
- Mara Yamauchi (* 1973), British long-distance runner
- Mara Zampieri (* 1951), Italian opera and concert singer (soprano)